JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026

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S (Solid Earth Sciences ) » S-SS Seismology

[S-SS12] Fault Rheology and Earthquake Physics

Mon. May 25, 2026 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (7) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Okubo Kurama(National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience), Sawai Michiyo(Chiba University)

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

[SSS12-21] Effects of Spatial Stress Heterogeneity on Critical Nucleation Length in Large-Scale Rock-Friction Experiments

*Yoshiaki Matsumoto1, Kurama Okubo1, Futoshi Yamashita1, Eiichi Fukuyama2,1 (1. National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, 2. Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)

Keywords:Critical nucleation length, Spatial heterogeneity of stress, Large-scale rock-friction experiments